MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 08:53
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 685 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 63.2 62% 70.6 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72.1 59% 72 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (64) Unknown 100 100 2481152 (65) Unknown 100 100 484672 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 372 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 227634642979 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4359 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2325 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3868 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4721 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 264 Mixed 269 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 12.2 94% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 26.2 65% 142 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 98 (03) Spinup time 135 100 17199202571 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 655370 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 2899 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 35 455737384 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1725 (C2) HDA temperature 150 92 279174185000 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 129 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 238GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 7344 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 8598965298 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2327 (B7) Unknown 85 85 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 672792615 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5678 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 90194313255 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 4 7344 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92758408699381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 341873345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3523148377	49.6% Average	Read 81.3 Write 91.8 Mixed 103 70% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.45 86% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 299GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 96.1 Mixed 93.3 120% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 79.3 Write 4.84 Mixed 8.82 25% 31 MB/s	4K Read 9.88 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.12 45% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $224

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	180x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	43x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
BX100 500GBCrucial $40Bench 92%, 13,478 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
2400C11 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 62%, 186 samples	11x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16